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Research in social movements, conflicts and change
Presents two papers on methodological issues facing the study of social movements. This work includes four papers on specific social movements or social movement organizations, two papers on aspects of social change and inequality, and one study critically analyzing the conflict resolution prospe...
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Sociological studies of children and youth
This volume contains a diverse set of chapters that offer a good balance of quantitative and qualitative methodologies; focus on children, youth, or both children and youth; and come from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Two prominent themes of the volume are adolescents' transition to adul...
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Leading from a feminist soul
This book inspires women leaders to make a positive difference with their positional power. It offers guidance and affirmation, drawing on the authors' experiences and stories of notable women leaders. It emphasizes awareness, social consciousness, courage, humility, and generosity in leadership.
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Surrogacy in russia
Surrogacy in Russia focuses on commercial surrogacy workers in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Examining workers' reproductive migrations, the study presents insights into cross-border reproductive treatment and travels for assisted reproduction, and links to ethnicity, fem...
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Sport, social media, and digital technology
This volume brings together a collection of essays from leading global scholars working in diverse areas as sport sociology, sport management, sport media, and sport communication to illustrate how sociological approaches are imperative to enhancing our understanding of sport and social media and...
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Establishing child centred practice in a changing world, part b
Furthering dialogues around the applied relevance of key principles in childhood studies, this diverse edited collection is an important contribution to the fields of education, sociology, childcare and youth policy and practice.
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Research in science and technology studies
This study of science and technology looks at knowledge systems. Topics covered include: mapping encounters and (en)countering maps - a critical examination of cartographic resistance; the intricacies of technology transfer - travel as mode and method; and science, local knowledge and community.
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Sport, gender and mega-events
This volume unpicks mega-events as gendered entities and showcases how they both position athletes in relation to one of two binary sex positions and also push the boundaries of what we see and accept as a recognisably gendered male or female body.
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Hybrid media events
What are hybrid media events? And how do these events shape our lives in the present digital age? This book addresses these questions by explaining how terrorist violence makes global events. The empirical analyses are based on the case of Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015 and the global circulation ...
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Cryptomarkets
Since the launch of the infamous Silk Road the use of cryptomarkets - illicit markets for drugs on the dark web - has expanded rapidly around the world. Cryptomarkets: A Research Companion is a detailed guidebook which offers the tools necessary to begin researching cryptomarket phenomena and the...
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Health and health care inequities, infectious diseases and social factors
This next volume in Research in the Sociology of Health Care covers a variety of important social factors and their relationship to health and health care inequities both in the United States and the rest of the world.
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From mainstream to digital
This collection acknowledges the expanding influence of digital platforms in South Africa. While digital spaces offer the potential for greater inclusivity and grassroots participation, they also replicate the economic and structural inequalities such as data control, algorithmic biases, and the ...
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Environmental security in greece
Environmental Security in Greece establishes stakeholders' perceptions of environmental security and energy security taking a Q methodology and Digital Media Research Framework approach. In-depth individual viewpoints and opinions of policymakers, energy-industry leaders, NGOs' members and the pu...
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Juvenile delinquency, crime and social marginalization
This book examines the psychosocial, legal, and familial factors at play in the persistence in crime and social marginalization in adults with a history of juvenile delinquency, setting out the political and social implications, and delineating new lines of research.
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Advances in trans studies
Advances in Trans Studies: Moving Toward Gender Expansion and Trans Hope explores transgender peoples’ experiences and interactions across various social contexts and institutions. With clear implications for policy and advocacy, this volume demonstrates the promise of an empirical turn in transg...
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New directions in educational ethnography
The primary objective of Studies in Educational Ethnography is to present original research monographs based on ethnographic perspectives, and methodologies.
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Thinking home on the move
Thinking Home on the Move is a powerful and in-depth look into what we as humans perceive as ‘home’. It presents an interdisciplinary conversation with leading scholars to illuminate the state-of-the-art and the ways ahead for researching home on the move and from the margins. It asks the questio...
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Social dimensions in the economic process
Based on economic anthropology, this book involves the degree of social content of individual transactions and how economic processes relate to social structure. More specifically, the theme relates to matters such as the need for trust resulting in personalized systems of economic transactions, ...
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Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research
Presents answers to the following questions: how do tourists go about seeking high novelty and yet return to the same destination? How do some firms in the same industry end up embracing industrial tourism while other firms reject such business models? How do executive leadership styles affect em...
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Sports charity and gendered labour
Sports Charity and Gendered Labour provides examples for teaching and knowledge sharing across analyses of gender, sport, leisure, health and wellbeing in ways that will have broad relevance to a range of audiences.
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Scars of war
Echoing the sentiments expressed in pivotal UN resolutions and positions which emphasize the inherently destructive nature of warfare on sustainable development, the chapters focus on the importance of adhering to international legal frameworks for safeguarding the environment during armed confli...
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Structural, historical, and comparative perspectives
In this volume, childhood is conceived as a structural feature of society and comparable across time and cultures. Such perspectives have been relatively under-represented in the "New Sociology of Childhood," which has tended both to stress children's agency and to favour ethnographic methods of ...
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Substance use
The economics of substance use and abuse deals with the consumption of goods that share two properties. This work contains estimates of the price sensitivity of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine and heroin. It focuses on the effects of consumption on earnings, crime, suicide and sexually tr...
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Big data?
This book examines and engages with the ambivalence of digitization, illuminating the diverse ways in which researchers approach, negotiate, understand and interpret objects and practices of digital research.
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From microverse to metaverse
From Microverse to Metaverse: Modelling the Future through Today's Virtual Worlds analyzes the political economy of emerging tech with the mechanisms of identity and behavioral constraints involved to map what a metaverse might be like, whether it can happen, and just why some companies seem so d...
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Political power and social theory
Showcases scholarship by historical, political, and economic sociologists grouped around three broad subjects with historical relevance. The subjects in this volume are: the relationship between race, class, and urban politics, and how racial identities interact with each other; and more.
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Methodological advances in research on social movements, conflict, and change
Now that we are almost a quarter of the way into the 21st century, the field of sociology is in need of research like this which explores methods for studying contentious politics in the context of broader social changes to peacebuilding, armed conflicts, and social movements.
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The director and the manager
This text explores governance, addressing gaps when directors and managers from diverse backgrounds collaborate. It presents a decision-framework for law, market practice, and human nature, highlighting instinctive biases and the challenge of reconciling interests.
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Resistance, resilience, and recovery from disasters
This book showcases research in disaster response in Southeast Asia of particular interest for those studying disaster and mental health, and for providers of mental health and psychosocial support. Contributors cover topics ranging from resistance to disasters to resilience and recovery interven...
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Gambling and sports in a global age
This volume contains an Open Access chapter. Establishing a scholarly platform to inform interventions in research and policymaking, this book demonstrates the importance of sociology in understanding sports gambling in a global age.
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Man-eating monsters
What role do man-eating monsters - vampires, zombies, werewolves and cannibals - play in contemporary culture? This book explores the question of whether recent representations of humans as food in popular culture characterizes a unique moment in Western cultural history and suggests a new set of...
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Adolescence and education
This volume features chapters from scholars on adolescent education. It starts with Barbara Finklestein's historical perspective on adolescence. Carol Midgley analyzes middle schools using achievement goal theory, while Sanford Dornbusch and Jeanne Kaufman examine senior high schools from a socio...
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Media, technology and education in a post-truth society
This interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the impact of media, emerging technologies, and education on the resilience of the so-called post-truth society.
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Harm production and the moral dislocation of finance in the city of london
Delving into the spatial disconnection that separates the City from the rest of London and the UK, this ground-breaking book gives shape and form to how financial markets are sustained, managed and performed within the shared cultural imagination and system of knowledge.
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Digital health and the gamification of life
This book analyzes the role of health apps to promote medicalization. It considers whether their use is an individual matter, rather than a political and social one, with some apps based on a medical framework positively promoting physical activity and meditation, or whether data-sharing can fost...
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Sociology of crime law and deviance
A collection of contributions to theory, research and policy concerning crime, law and deviance. It deals with the core sociological concept of control, and aims to emphasize the breadth and diversity in theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches.
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Where's the wisdom in service-learning?
The book reflects on 50 years of service-learning in the U.S., highlighting developments in K-12, higher education, and community organizations. It shares insights from experienced individuals to guide future efforts, aiming to make service-learning a regular part of American education.
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Athletic activism
Rooted in a global, transnational perspective, Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation demonstrates how athletic activism can not only impact global discourse about inequity across various social location, but foster institutional change that advances social justice.
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Managing coastal vulnerability
Addresses coastal vulnerability around the world with examples from the Ebro Delta (Spain), the crumbling cliffs of Corton Village/Suffolk (UK), tsunami-worn Phuket (Thailand/Indian Ocean), and others. This work is intended for academics, researchers, students and policy advisors in geography, ec...
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American community issues and patterns of development
An analysis of community sociology that examines African community issues and patterns of development. It covers such topics as: community problems and collective action; community economic development; small communities in transition; ghetto formation and community dynamics; and, heritage and sy...
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Social inequalities, health and health care delivery
Over the past decade much sociological research has examined some of the links between social status and health status. The results show how higher childhood status predicts better health and lower mortality rates throughout adulthood.
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Families in economically hard times
The purpose of the edited collection Families in Economically Hard Times: Experiences and Coping Strategies in Europe is to provide readers with unique sociological knowledge on European families' experiences and behavioural strategies a decade after economic crisis of the 21st century.
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Networks in and around organizations
Part of a series that considers the theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology, this work focuses on networks in and around organizations is. It emphasizes micro and macro sociological approaches.
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Embodiment and representations of beauty
Interrogating beauty's very definition, this volume of Advances in Gender Research explores beauty as an avenue to create alternative knowledge as well as a conduit to engage in critical conversations on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, illness, and fitness.
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Producing inclusive feminist knowledge
In the global South there is potential for politics to marginalize the diverse perspectives of subaltern communities. Exploring ongoing and new feminist dialogues in the global South, this book examines the ways in which dominant epistemologies are challenged, unique identities formed, and the im...
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International perspectives on family caregiving
Meeting the need for a text for the academic community which recognises informal caregiving experiences, this is compelling reading for scholars of social work, health and social care, medical sociology, nursing, psychology, and counselling and allied disciplines.
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Studies in symbolic interaction
Discusses a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction.
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The politics and ethics of the just price
Comprising eight case studies from around the world, this volume investigates the social, political and ethical implications of markets through the specific lens of prices. Drawing on the most recent scholarship in economic anthropology, it represents the first systematic attempt to address ethno...
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New essays on abortion and bioethics
Essays in this volume consider the conceptual links between views on abortion and foetal development, abortion procedures, religion, laws and public funding (or no funding) policies.
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Research on negotiation in organizations
Contains papers, which grew out of the eighth biannual Conference on Negotiation in Organizations.
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Microfoundations of institutions
The notion of microfoundations has received growing interest in neo-institutional theory along with an interest in microfoundational research in disciplines such as strategic management and economics.
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Critical theory
Explores the arguments for and against a view of the world in which multiple, distinct and conflicting societies differ both over time and contemporaneously.
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A river forever flowing
This work looks at cross-cultural lives and identities in the multicultural landscape. It covers such topics as: lives in China along the Yangtze River and the Yellow River before, during and after the cultural revolution; cross-cultural lives in China and Canada; and more.
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Surveillance and governance
Presents insights in the sociological study of surveillance and governance in the context of criminal justice and other control strategies. This volume provides a varied set of theoretical perspectives and substantive research domains on the qualities and quantities of some of the transformations...
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Dougla poetics
Rooted in lived experiences and real conversations, this book challenges mixed-race studies which often prioritise Black/white binaries in the Global North while excluding multiracial experiences across the Global South.
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Interrupting the legal person
This special issue is part one of a two-part edited collection on interrupting the legal person, and what this means. The chapters in this volume interrogate the role of the person and personhood in different contexts, jurisdictions, and legal traditions.
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Future workscapes
Both Part A and B of Future Workscapes offers an in-depth exploration of the evolving work environment and human resource strategies, addressing the urgent need for organizations to adapt to rapid changes, fostering environments that are not only technologically advanced but also human-centric, s...
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Disaster management in sub-saharan africa
A combined analysis of all the chapters provides an interesting summary and information for creating disaster management policies for improved results in SSA. With an extensive glossary of terms and index, the book lends itself to specialized academics and students, but also to disaster managemen...
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Gender and media representation
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Gender and Media Representation critically examines the intersection of media and gender across diverse African contexts.
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Drawing
Drawings are everywhere. Daubed on ancient cave walls and projected on screens. Drawings helps us describe science, depict emotions and discover. Yet many of us laid aside drawing - or more simply, mark-making - in childhood, thereby losing a rich and varied way to tell our stories.
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The significance of chinatown development to a multicultural america
Amidst the growth challenges encountered by numerous Chinatowns across America, this timely work offers insightful perspectives on a sustainable model for urban and community development, as demonstrated by the transformative journey of Houston’s New Chinatown.
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Understanding and responding to economic abuse
Despite being recognised by victim-survivors as a tactic used by abusers, economic abuse has received little attention in research, policy, or practice. This powerful book provides a crucial validation of the lived experience of victim-survivors, and highlights the urgent need to develop effectiv...
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Structure and social action
The book shows the falsity of the opposition between action and structure by setting out a sophisticated view of social structure at two levels. The figurational structures of interaction orders, mapped through methods of social network analysis, can be seen as partitioned by underlying formation...
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Family carers and caring
Family Carers and Caring brings together a range of material and evidence about carers from different sources presented in an accessible and yet academically informed way to make sense of the complexities of family carers and caring, carving a coherent path through the academic, policy, socio-pol...
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Education for democracy
This book by Camicia and Knowles promotes education for democracy focused on equity and social justice. It challenges common perspectives and offers new directions for teachers and researchers. The authors emphasize responsive instructional methods to address political polarization and support so...
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Inclusion, exclusion, agency, and advocacy
This book explores the experiences of six women with physical disabilities in China, highlighting their education, employment, relationships, family life, and social activism. It aims to amplify their voices, challenge dominant narratives, and inspire better support for disabled women globally.
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Egg freezing, fertility and reproductive choice
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book explores the experiences of some of the pioneering users of social egg freezing technology in the UK and the USA.
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Non-state violent actors and social movement organizations
This volume focusses on non-state actors and political conflicts but also attends to the broader themes of the series. The research emphases the roles and motivations of non-state actors in conflicts or post-conflict situations in the post-Cold War era; as well outlining the dynamics of social mo...
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Doping in sport and fitness
Doping in Sport and Fitness argues that rigid differentiations between doping contexts are less clear than it might seem. Breaking down these boundaries allows for a more complete understanding of substance use patterns, behaviours, and policy responses related to sport, fitness, and society.
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Creating spaces for an ageing society
Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local neighbourhoods that are supportive of the social relatio...
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Reframing qualitative research ethics
This book contains three Open Access chapters. Reframing Qualitative Research Ethics explores contemporary challenges in qualitative research ethics and generates proposals for reforming ethics review based on researchers’ experience on the ground to support innovative qualitative research in the...
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Knowledge and society
Part of a series examining different aspects of knowledge and society, this volume focuses on the anthropology of science and technology. Divided into three parts, it covers: the reconstruction of medical science and technology; science and technology at large; and discipline, culture and power.
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Teaching for citizenship in urban schools
"Teaching for Citizenship in Urban Schools" offers strategies to make civic education relevant and engaging, such as photovoice, culturally responsive investigations, hip-hop pedagogy, equity literacy, and young adult fiction. It aims to bridge schools and communities, fostering a just and inclus...
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Childhood, youth and activism
Considering the meanings of activism by and for children and young people in the twenty-first century, this edited collection is a valuable resource for scholars, educators and practitioners interested in the intersections of childhood and youth studies, activism and movements for social change.
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Gender and action films 1980-2000
Gender and Action Films 1980-2000 offers insights into the intertwined concepts of gender and action, and how their portrayal developed in the Action Movie genre during the final two decades of the twentieth century. A necessity for academics, students and lovers of film and media and those inter...
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Virtue ethics in the conduct and governance of social science research
This edited collection focuses on the virtue theory and the ethics of social science research.
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Navigating gender identity in india
Navigating Gender Identity in India addresses the significant gap in research by examining the specific problems encountered by female, male, intersex, and other gender-fluid identities in their daily lives in India.
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New frontiers in ethnography
Addresses continuities and innovations within the ethnographic canon. This title uses Hammersley's (1991) book "What's Wrong with Ethnography" to open and situate the debate, and engages with contemporary debates and arguments on both sides of the Atlantic.
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On indian ground
This book explores American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian education in the Southwest, focusing on best practices and place-based methods. It covers history, policy, early childhood education, gifted education, parental involvement, language revitalization, and more.
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Experiments investigating fundraising and charitable contributors
Consists of nine papers that use experimental and theoretical tools to examine issues pertaining to charitable auctions and fundraising. This volume explores themes such as the structure of charity auctions, charity lotteries, fund drives, and more. It explores the structure of different fundrais...
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Social movements and violence
Part of a series which presents research on international social movements, this volume focuses on social movements and violence. Topics discussed include: individual motivations in underground political organizations; decisions to use terrorism; and ethnic and socio-revolutionary terrorism.
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Adolescent experiences and adult work outcomes
This volume contains pioneering work on the relation between adolescent experiences and adult work outcomes. It assembles evidence of the effects of adolescent work experiences on adult work experiences in a single volume highlighting the demand for research on this important topic.
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Labor relations in globalized food
This book looks at labor in agriculture and food in a global era by studying salient characteristics of the conditions and use of labor in global agri-food. Written by experienced and also emerging scholars, the chapters present a wealth of empirical data and robust theorizations that allow reade...
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Tattoos and popular culture
The rise of tattoos into the mainstream has been a defining aspect of 21st century western culture. Tattoos and Popular Culture showcases how tattoos have been catapulted from 'deviant' and 'alternative' subculture, into a popular culture, becoming a potent signifier of 'difference' for the mille...
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Community structure and dynamics at the dawn of the new millennium
The process of globalization, communication/information technology, multinational corporation-based economy, have tended to transform and restructure contemporary communities in a variety of ways. We need to know the emerging structure, and the dynamics of communities facing complex problems in a...
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Rethinking social studies and history education
This book mixes theory and practical applications to rethink social studies education. It integrates media, popular culture, and alternative texts within a social justice framework. It offers 20+ curriculum themes and student-centered learning strategies, focusing on issues, problems, and project...
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Data ethics and digital privacy in learning health systems for palliative medicine
Informing both research and practice, Data Ethics and Digital Privacy in Learning Health Systems for Palliative Medicine brings attention to an important issue that lies at the intersection of medicine, science, and digital technology and communication.
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Defining web3
Bringing together researchers, artists, and organisational designers to explore Web3’s potential as a progressive platform for creative social coordination, this uniquely experimental volume presents the state of the art in socio-cultural and economic research into cryptocurrencies and blockchains.
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Education-based incarceration and recidivism
This book examines the needs and challenges of disenfranchised jail populations, highlighting the role of education in breaking destructive cycles and promoting social justice. It addresses the importance of equal rights and opportunities for all.
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Selfies
This book presents a rich and nuanced analysis of selfie culture. It shows how selfies gain their meanings, illustrates different selfie practices, explores how selfies make us feel and why they have the power to make us feel anything, and unpacks how selfie practices and selfie related norms hav...
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Ethnic landscapes in an urban world
Addresses the major subject areas of urban sociology, ethnic and minority groups within the city, social network of urban residents, location of retail and industrial activities within the metropolitan complex, decline of the central cities and emergence of suburban lifestyles, and the core quest...
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